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Oh Singapore!

Mr. KPI — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 03:12:57 +0000

Lots of talk of Singapore these days. Been here over a year and the buzz keeps growing but the bark is still louder than the bite.

I first wrote about Sing here – Musings on Singapore… Most of what I said there still applies I think.

Sure – the economy is cooking and sing dollar is almost as nutty as the Baht but I would have way more confidence in the Sing dollar long term.

When it comes to the startup scene though I think there is a chance things change but so far it is tough to tell. I think Sarah Lacy is also picking up on some this with her article here:

There’s also another problem: One employer has optimized the system to find and make lucrative offers to the smartest kids in the system– that’s right, the Government. People who could have made the country’s top entrepreneurs instead make comfortable salaries trying to craft policy to encourage people to be entrepreneurs.

That comment is so telling and I also feel like you see a lot of zombie like easy startups but it is early days and Sarah also says she thinks people should to pay attention to Singapore. I agree but I tend to think the real action will be regional but possibly based out of Singapore.

Of course throw in some web celeb spotting at the Butter Factory to help the hype machine continue unabated.

Will be speaking here next and then over to Indo to speak at SparxUp.

cya

Another crazy week in the can!

Mr. KPI — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:31:36 +0000

So much going on. It is nuts.

Big week at Koprol with our Kurator launch!

Of course lot of other stuff coming!

Lots of press for TWIA and then I get my mention in TC thanks to Serkan. Props dude!

Then a few days with THE Mike Walsh researching his new book and our own abilities to emulate Rock Stars.

Insanity. Now back to my day job!

This Week in Asia from Open Web Asia

Mr. KPI — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:01:01 +0000

Check it:

http://thisweekinasia.net/2010/07/this-week-in-asia-episode-58-live-from-open-web-asia-sea/

Also a video this time – loving my footwear:

http://satoo.tv/vidid/70

laterz!

Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Singapore and now Kuala Lumpur

Mr. KPI — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:41:13 +0000

Been a roving madman lately. Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, back to Singapore and now in KL.

Some events and stuff to be aware of. Today and tomorrow is BarCamp KL – http://barcamp.my/blog/

In Vietnam we were on a MSFT .Net tour showing Yahoo! integration.

See some of that here (Go Jimmi):

http://www.slideshare.net/kembaren/openidoauth-and-yql-with-net

http://yqldemo.codeplex.com/

Next big thing I am working on is Yahoo’s! presence at Echelon – http://echelon2010.com/

Should be an awesome event for the region – I suggest if you are in the area to come.

At BarCamp KL we are also doing TWIA live – should be fun. Stay tuned!

Food for thought: http://gigaom.com/2010/04/23/why-we-need-an-open-like-standard/ – more on that later.

cya

3rd times a charm!

Mr. KPI — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:10:38 +0000

Hey – I made it back on This Week in Asia – again. My 3rd time. Be sure to check it out.

Been crazy travel schedule and this week I am in Vietnam doing a tour with MSFT. Next week back to Sing and then over to KL for BarCamp – and possibly some live version of This Week in Asia!

Well – back to the grindstone – more soon!